The brutalist Mäusebunker laboratory has been saved from demolition in Berlin after the local authorities listed it as a historical monument. More about Brutalist Mäusebunker building saved from demolition in Berlin
Germany's contribution to this year's Venice Architecture Biennale is a huge store of materials recovered from last year's art biennale, all set to find new uses around the city. More about German pavilion becomes material bank for Venice repair projects
Atelier Kaiser Shen has used straw bale-construction to create an interlocking semi-detached house in the village of Pfaffenhofen, Germany. More about Straw Bale House is a straw-and-timber duplex in the German countryside
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features MVRDV's designs for the Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features MVRDV's designs for a circular AI hub
Berlin-based studio Wulf Architekten has unveiled a dark-blue police station wrapped in bands of brass windows in the Bavarian city of Passau, Germany. More about Wulf Architekten creates "strong, yet elegant" police station in Bavaria
Dutch studio MVRDV has released visuals of the Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence, a circular masterplan for a technology and innovation hub in Heilbronn, Germany. More about MVRDV designs German AI hub to be "visible in satellite photos"
Zurich studio Appels Architekten has created the Wooden House by the Lake, a home in southeast Germany with a cross-laminated timber structure and black-stained cladding. More about Appels Architekten prefabricates black house in rural Bavaria
German architecture firm Henn and the Technical University of Dresden have completed the world's first building made of carbon concrete – a form of concrete reinforced with carbon fibre instead of steel. More about Henn and TU Dresden complete world's first carbon concrete building
Interior architect Irina Kromayer has overseen the design of Berlin's Château Royal hotel, creating a series of eclectic spaces that reference the heyday of the German capital at the turn of the 20th century. More about Irina Kromayer designs Château Royal hotel to feel "authentic" rather than retro
Design studio Coordination has combined two attic apartments into a single penthouse in Berlin, crafting its interiors around the owner's art collection. More about Coordination merges Berlin attic apartments to create artsy penthouse
German architecture office AMUNT has created a new version of the humble timber holiday cabin, featuring raised floors, split-level living spaces and a huge sloping roof. More about AMUNT creates staggered geometry for Black Forest holiday cabin
Environmentalists and architecture critics have raised concerns about the carbon footprint of a major new museum for modern art designed by Herzog & de Meuron, which is under construction in Berlin. More about Herzog & de Meuron's Museum of the 20th Century an "environmental disgrace" say critics
Travertine displays that double as DJ podiums feature alongside glistening butter-yellow columns in Axel Arigato's Berlin outpost, which the streetwear label has designed together with longtime collaborator Halleroed. More about Axel Arigato rejects "McDonald's approach" to interiors with Berlin flagship store
Designer Ony Yan has created a two-part system that can be installed in single-person households to notify neighbours in the event of their death, and was designed to "encourage a community to look after each other". More about In Memoriam device detects when someone dies alone
Architectural photographer Marc Goodwin has captured seven workspaces in Munich for the final installation of his series documenting architecture studios in Germany. More about Seven Munich architecture studios documented by Marc Goodwin
Architectural photographer Marc Goodwin has photographed behind the scenes at 11 Stuttgart-based architecture studios in the latest of a three-part series documenting architecture offices in Germany. More about Photographer Marc Goodwin goes behind the scenes of Stuttgart architecture studios
Berlin studio Mono Architekten has created a service station in Thuringia, Germany, combining facilities for motorists with an exhibition space about a nearby bronze-age burial mound. More about Mono Architekten creates gabled service station next to German heritage site
Architecture studio J Mayer H has completed a mixed-use tower in Düsseldorf, Germany, with profiled metal cladding that opens up like a zipper to provide views through its glazed facades. More about J Mayer H wraps RKM 740 Tower in wavy metal cladding
Architects Jan Henrik Jansen and Marshall Blecher have overseen the careful reconstruction and extension of a 120-year-old thatched cottage in north Germany. More about Glazed living room features in reconstruction of thatched Nieby Crofters Cottage
A lightweight upper storey clad in perforated metal is elevated on timber beams above a concrete podium at this fire station in Straubenhardt, Germany, designed by local practice Wulf Architekten. More about Wulf Architekten creates perforated metal fire station in Germany